Grammar, Punctuation, and Style1.15 Principal Parts of Verbs

PRINCIPAL PARTS OF VERBS:

Verbs have three principle parts. They are present, past, and past participle. For regular verbs, the past tense is derived by adding ed to the present tense; the past participle is formed by using the past tense verb with a helping verb such as has, have and had.

Examples:

Present

Past

Past Participle

form

formed

has/have/had formed

discover

discovered

has/have/had discovered

look

looked

has/have/had looked

Directions: Identify the principal part of the underlined verb in each of the following sentences.

Q 1: Have you and Mike finished playing yet?pastpresentpast participle

Q 2: The president delivered the Status of the Union address yesterday.pastpresentpast participle

Q 3: John chose a pecan pie for his dessert.presentpast particplepast

Q 4: Wash your hands regularly.past participlepresentpast

Q 5: Julie invited her friends to a sleep over party.pastpast participlepresent

Q 6: Jake had hurt his wrist while playing Racquetball.pastpresentpast participle